Question

    Everyone knew that Stuti was the best speller in the whole class. She could spell difficult words like "encyclopedia" and "amendment" very _______. She used to get perfect scores during each weekly spelling test.

Ms．Daisy, her English teacher made a_______ for the spelling tests that any child who doesn't get at least 60% correct spellings would have to correct each wrong word and copy three times for next week's spelling test. Seema, who sat next to Stuti always struggled（挣扎） in spellings. Last Thursday, she received 56% which meant she had to_______ the rest 44% words three times.

Stuti was so _______in her spelling abilities that she decided not to study for her next spelling test. The test began. Ms. Daisy pronounced each word and then repeated it. Everything was OK until she spoke "Handkerchief". Stuti scribbled（匆匆书写） h-a-n-d-k-e-r-c-h…now what? Her mind was blank.

Ms. Daisy started to move on to the next word. An idea came into Stuti's mind that Seema_______how to spell it! Seema had written this word three times.

There was wide open space between Stuti and Seema. Stuti's eyes rolled（滚动） to the right. There it was, spelled out in Seema's handwriting. Her eyes went quickly back to her own paper and_______ the word with the letters "i-e-f".

Stuti remained nervous as Ms.Daisy read the last spelling word. She had_______just for the first time in her life. She thought, "Is this the way I want to keep my perfect record-by being a cheater?"

Finally, she erased what she had written earlier and replaced it with what she

knew was the wrong answer. She wrote "e-i-f". As her hands put down her pencil and passed the test up to the front, she sighed with relief（解脱）. She thought, "So, what if my perfect scores are no longer being kept? At least my_______ is."

1.A.happily B.easily C.slowly D.carefully

2.A.plan B.suggestion C.guess D.rule

3.A.check B.copy C.read D.pronounce

4.A.special B.unusual C.confused D.confident

5.A.knew B.proved C.found D.wondered

6.A.changed B.picked C.finished D.replaced

7.A.cheated B.asked C.looked D.remembered

8.A.choice B.courage C.honesty D.pride

Answer

1.B

2.D

3.B

4.D

5.A

6.D

7.A

8.C

【解析】

文章主要介绍了在一次听写测试中，司杜缇有个单词不会想作弊，但经过思想斗争，交了一份不算完美但诚实的卷。

1.句意：她能很容易地拼写出“百科全书”和“修正案”等难懂的单词。

happily高兴地；easily容易地，轻易地；slowly慢慢地；carefully细心地。根据上文“Everyone knew that Stuti was the best speller in the whole class”可知，Stuti是全班最好的拼写者；由此可以推断出“司杜缇可以容易地拼写出这些难懂的单词”。故选B。

2.句意：她的英语老师黛西女士为拼写测试制定了一个规则。

plan计划；suggestion建议；guess猜测；rule规则。根据后面“any child who doesn't get at least 60% correct spellings would have to correct each wrong word and copy three times for next week's spelling test.”可知，在下周的拼写测试中，任何一个拼写正确率不到60%的孩子都必须纠正每一个错误的单词并抄写三遍，由此可知这里指的是“她的英语老师Daisy制定了一个拼写测试规则”。故选D。

3.句意：上周四，她获得了56%的分数，这意味着她必须把剩下的44%的单词抄三遍。

check检查；copy复制，抄写；read阅读；pronounce发音。根据上文“any child who doesn't get at least 60% correct spellings would have to  correct  each wrong word and copy three times for next week's spelling test.”可知，在下周的拼写测试中，任何一个拼写正确率不到60%的孩子都必须纠正每一个错误的单词并抄写三遍。由此可知这里指的是“Seema拼写正确率达56%，剩下的44%的单词她不得不抄写三遍”。故选B。

4.句意：司杜缇对自己的拼写能力很有信心，所以她决定不为下次的拼写考试而学习了。

special特殊的；unusual不寻常的；confused糊涂的，迷惑的；confident自信的。根据文章开头“Everyone knew that Stuti was the best speller in the whole class. She could spell difficult words like "encyclopedia" and "amendment" very easily.”可知，这里指的是“Stuti对自己的拼写能力很有信心，所以她决定不再为下一次的拼写考试做准备”。故选D。

5.句意：Stuti突然想到Semma知道怎么拼这个词。

knew知道；proved证明；found发现；wondered想知道。根据下文“Seema had written this word three times.”可知，Seema已经把这个词写了三遍。由此可知这里指的是“Stuti突然想到Semma知道怎么拼这个词”。故选A。

6.句意：她的眼睛很快回到自己的纸上，用字母‘i-e-f’代替了这个单词。

changed改变；picked捡；finished完成；replaced代替。根据上文“Stuti  scribbled（ 匆匆书写） h-a-n-d-k-e-r-c-h…”可知，Stuti潦草地写下了“h-a-n-d-k-e-r-c-h”。由此可以推断出这里指“她的眼睛很快回到自己的纸上，用字母‘i-e-f’代替了这个单词”。replace…with…翻译为“用……代替……”，故选D。

7.句意：这是她有生以来第一次作弊。

cheated欺骗；asked问；looked看着；remembered记得。根据下文“She thought, ‘Is this the way I want to keep my perfect record-by being a cheater?’可知，这里表示“她想通过作弊来保持完美记录吗？”由此可以推断出这里指“这是她有生以来第一次作弊”。故选A。

8.句意：至少我是诚实的。

choice选择；courage勇气；honesty诚实；pride骄傲。根据上文“Finally, she erased what she had written earlier and replaced it with what she knew was the wrong answer. She wrote ‘e-i-f’.”可知，她把之前写的东西擦掉，换成了她知道的错误答案。由此可知“Stuti至少是诚实的”，故选C。